Name-plate and annunciator



W. H. BAILEY.

NAME PLATE AND ANNUNCIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1919.

Patented Aug. 31, 192).

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NAME-PLATE AND .A1\T1\`I"UNCIATOR.A

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

'Application mea march 1, 1919. serial No. 280,017,

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that-I, WILLIAM H. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Lexington, in the countyof- Perry and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Name-Plates and Annunciators, of which the following is a specification. The invention 'provides novel means for designating the name of the occupant of a particular office and any data or information for callers when'the oice is closed or left unattended. l

'The invention provides means for displaying the name, office hours and other information desired to be imparted to callers at the oice of any particular individual,

l' saidl means being adapted to. be readily l be exposed for the information of'callers.

placed in position and embodying indicating means, whereby the annunciator may be set with certainty yto display the matter to The drawing illustrates a referred embodiment of the invention. owever, it is to'be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without invention departing from' the nature of the as claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawing hereto attached, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of part of a door provided -with a name plate and annunciator embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of the door .showing the annunciator dial on a llarger scale. p

Fig. 3 is a Idetail view of a portlon of the inner side of' the door` showing the indicating means, whereby the annunciator may be properly set.

Fig. 4 is 'a sectional detail on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 showing the parts enlarged.

Fig. 5 is` a detail perspective view of the plate. I

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the drawing by like.. reference characters.

The device contemplates annunciating and card upon which the office hours or other data p indicating means which are located upon opposite sides ofthe door, the annunciating means being disposed upon the exterior of the door and the indicating means upon the interior of the door. l

4A dial 1 is mounted upon the outer side of the door and contains matter to be displayed for the information of callers. This dial contains such information as Walk in, Not open, .Holiday, Out of city,

is secured to .the inner end of the shaft 2 and provides convenient means for rotating theshaft and dial. A hand 5 is secured to the inner'end of the shaft 2 so as to rotate therewith and move over an indicating dial 6 which is provided with characters to designate the particular matter displayed by the dial 1. The indicating dial 6 isprovided with numbers, each number corresponding witha space of the dial 1 upon which certain matter appears. A chart 7 is provided upon thefinner side ofthe door 3 adjacent the dial 6 or in convenient position for observation and contains numbers which correspond with the numbers of the dial 6 and opposite the several numbers appears data coinciding with the data' lappearing on the dial 1. When the hand 5 is moved to a number on the dial 6 andby reference .to the corresponding number on the chart 7, the matter appearing opposite such numbercorresponds -with the matter on the dial 1 which is 'in position for observation so as to convey to a caller the vinformation desired to be imparted. The dial 6, hand 5 and chart 7 con'- stitute elements of the indicating means y whereby the annunciating 'dial 1 properly-positioned.

A plate 8 is secured to the outer side of the may be door 2 and incloses the dial -1 and is provided with openings 9, 1,0l and 11. The opening 10 is located near one edge of the plate and exposes a portion of the dial 1 and the matter thereon to be displayed. The opening 9 exposes the card upon which the name of the person appears, the opening 10 exposes the isprovided. The several openings are covered by-means of a transparentlplate such as glass, mica or celluloid. Spacing pieces'- several parts. A central projection 13 forming a part of the plate 8 constitutes a bearing for the outer end of the shaft 2. The plate 8 is flanged at its edges so as to inclose a space for receiving the dial l and the cards bearing the name and oflice hours of the person.

The ohce is located With certainty bythe name of the person appearing at the opening 9 and the office hours are displayed at the opening 1l. The person leaving the office temporarily and desiring a caller to Walk in operates the shank 2 so as to bring the hand 5 opposite number 1 on the dial 6 and on'reference to the chart 7 the data on the dial l opposite the opening 10 should correspond with that opposite number l on the chart 7 which is lValk in. The caller is thus informed to walk in the oiiice and is thus relieved from any uncertainty because the inference is that the person if not prescnt will appeal' after a short temporary absence. If the office is closed on account of holiday the hand 5 is moved to number 2 on the,dial 6 and on reference to the chart, the same contains the information Not pen-Holiday opposite number' 2, hence such announcement Will appear opposite the `l r`open-ing '10" in the plate 8. Obviously any selected matter appearing on the chart 7 may be brought into position for observation through the opening 10 in the covering plate 8 by proper manipulation of the shaft 2 guided by the dial 6. o. he foregoing description and the drawing have reference to What may be considered the preferred, or approved form'of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and -combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall Within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and-desire to secure by Letters Patentj is:-

Ofiice indicating means comprising an annunciator dial on the outside of the office door, a plate covering the dial and having an observation opening at one side to expose matter on the dial and having other openings at its top and bottom and having a central and other projections on the side adjacent the door, cards opposite the top and bottom openings bearing the name and oiiice4 in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. BAILEY. Witnesses: f

T. B. WILLIAMS, C. CHAPPELEAR. 

